secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (AAOI)
CIK:        0001158114
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001683168-25-006467
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AAOI subsidiary terminates 15-year Taiwan lease; pays NT$9.4M settlement
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- Terminated land/building lease in Taoyuan City originally set for Sep 1, 2025–Aug 31, 2040.
- AAOI subsidiary pays NT$9,400,000 (≈$300k) as full settlement for early termination.
- Security deposit of NT$4,700,000 applied toward payment; any shortfall to be paid.
- Subsidiary may store idle equipment at property until Sep 30, 2025, at lessor's no-obligation.
- No further claims between parties after termination.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316825006467/0001683168-25-006467-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316825006467/aaoi_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-25-006467

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